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Under the Dome: Education: School Construction, PCBs in Schools, Cell Phone Use, Literacy 06/03/2024

Host Bobby Lussier, CCTV's Development Director, speaks with Representative Mary-Katherine Stone, Representative Sarah "Sarita" Austin, Representative Angela Arsenault, and Senator Martine Gulick about education.

To contact your local representative, you can find their contact information on the State's website. 

Under the Dome: Healthcare: Expansion of Medicaid & Dr. Dynosaur, Addiction Recovery, Mental Health Resources, Flavored Tobacco (Senate) 05/13/2024

Host Bobby Lussier, CCTV's Development Director, speaks with Senator Virginia "Ginny" Lyons and Senator Martine Gulick about healthcare.

To contact your local representative, you can find their contact information on the State's website. 

Under the Dome: Healthcare: Expansion of Medicaid & Dr. Dynosaur, Addiction Recovery, Mental Health Resources, Flavored Tobacco (House) 05/13/2024

Host Bobby Lussier, CCTV's Development Director, speaks with Representative Lori Houghton, Representative Daisy Berbeco, and Representative Rey Garofano about healthcare.

To contact your local representative, you can find their contact information on the State's website. 

Under the Dome: Public Safety & Criminal Justice: Gun Control, Retail Theft, Drug Use Prosecution, and 'Raise the Age' 05/06/2024

Host Bobby Lussier, CCTV's Development Director, speaks with Representative Martin LaLonde, Representative Angela Arsenault, and Representative Barbara Rachelson about public safety.

To contact your local representative, you can find their contact information on the State's website. 

Under the Dome: Housing: Emergency Shelter, Affordable Housing, and Act 250 Reform 04/29/2024

Host Bobby Lussier, CCTV's Development Director, speaks with Representative Carol Ode, Representative Kate Logan, Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale, and Representative Emilie Krasnow about housing.

To contact your local representative, you can find their contact information on the State's website. 

Under the Dome: Trip to the Vermont State House - Vermont Access Network at the Card Room 04/26/2024

As part of Town Meeting TV's coverage of the 2024 legislative session, Emily and Bobby travel to the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier to cover the Vermont Access Network (VAN)'s day in the Card Room advocating for AMOs, funding, and support of legislation.

Senator Peter Welch: Energizing our Communities Act with Vermont Outdoor Recreation Leaders at the Catamount Outdoor Family Center 04/25/2024

From the Office of Senator Welch:

Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), will join Protect Our Winters (POW) and Vermont outdoor recreation leaders to celebrate Earth Week and unveil the Energizing Our Communities Act, legislation to support local communities that host Department of Energy (DOE)-supported transmission projects. The program will help build trust between local governments and transmission developers so our nation can sustainably increase transmission capacity, which is crucial to a national clean energy transition. The Energizing Our Communities Act invests revenue from certain federal Department of Energy loan programs back into communities, including tribal governments, who host transmission infrastructure. This bill aims to support national transmission grid build-out by ensuring communities see the benefits of transmission at the ground level.

Who: Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.); Sam Masters, Protect Our Winters; John Atkinson, Executive Director of Catamount Outdoor Family Center; Ashley LaPorte, Vice President of Purpose & Impact, Burton; Ted Brady, Executive Director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns; and Blake Keogh, Athlete.  

Senator Peter Welch: Celebrate Introduction of the STAGE Act with Vermont’s Nonprofit Theaters 04/24/2024

From the Office of Senator Welch:

Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) will convene leaders from Vermont’s nonprofit theaters under the marquee of The Flynn in Burlington to celebrate the introduction of the Supporting Theater and the Arts to Galvanize the Economy (STAGE) Act. The STAGE Act would establish a new Professional Nonprofit Theater Grant Program to support the theater arts industry and workforce through a lagging recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who: Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.); Vermont Secretary of Commerce Lindsay Kurrle; Jay Wahl, Executive Director of the Flynn Center; Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director of the Vermont Arts Council; Carol Dunne, Producing Artistic Director of Northern Stage 

Under the Dome: Climate & Environment - Neonics, Flooding, and Renewable Energy 04/22/2024

Host Bobby Lussier, CCTV's Development Director, speaks with Representative Gabrielle Stebbins and Senator Irene Wrenner about climate and the environment on this Earth Day edition of Under The Dome.

To contact your local representative, you can find their contact information on the State's website. 

Community Media Public Benefit Bill: H.575 and S.181: Vermont Senate Committee on Finance - Testimony of H.657 Modernize Vermont’s Communications Taxes and Fees 04/19/2024

Testimony of H.657 a bill meant to modernize Vermont's communications taxes and fees at the Senate Committee on Finance.

On Friday, the Cmte heard from the Department of Taxes, who discussed the challenges inherent in conducting an inventory of the various properties and items in H.657 that would be assessed for fees. This includes the telephone property tax, the Universal Service Charge, and the Right of Way fees. The Cmte asked Leg Counsel to strip out all of these items from the bill, and instead ask VTRANS to conduct a study on what it would take to complete their inventory of poles and wires in the state right of way, and what the cost-benefit analysis would be for completing that inventory, administering fees, and the revenue that would be generated.

H.657: As Passed by the House:
https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2024/WorkGroups/Senate%20Finance/Bills/H.657/Drafts,%20Amendments,%20Other%20Legal%20Documents/H.657~Maria%20Royle~As%20Passed%20by%20the%20House~4-10-2024.pdf

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!

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